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in thp p^i^aiy^.j^ij* tXigoi'''* '''6^"' ^ brieCbut satisfactory report, which, showed 

 that durjipfg-jth^./gjopjuiy month of" November 867G persons had visited the 

 gard^i^s; ,tha1;,,t;bje Society's receipts during the same period (including a 

 balance b^CQWgh)tf9r^yi^•d) wei'e 2035/. lO^. Gc/,, and the expencUture 953/. 

 Froin , another, report;, a^so, read , by Mr. Vigors, we learned that the whole 

 of.^is, Majesty's QoUection had be^n removed from the menagerie at Sand- 

 pit Gate, ifViiidsor, and was now in the Society's possession ; that a com- 

 mittee of science and correspo.ndence, cornprising eleven individuals, had 

 been formed, by which means a friendly intercourse with the learned 

 bodies of the Continent and foreign parts might be cultivated, thereby faci- 

 litating t;he,5§pre^d qf tl>e knowledge of comparative anatomy and animal 

 physiology. A warm tribute of thanks was paid to Captain King and Major 

 Franklin : ,to the latter, for his collection of birds from the Himalaya 

 Mountains, the Society and sciencje in general should feel much indebted. 

 Of these birds Mr. Vigors observed, that they were alive on the Hima- 

 laya Mountains eight months ago; they arrived in England five weeks 

 since ; gnd were now placed on the Society's table, accompanied by accu- 

 rately coloured figures, life-size. These birds have heretofore, we believe, 

 been strangers jn, England; their form and plumage are exceedingly beauti- 

 ful. The report further noticed a collection of American quails (genus 

 O'rtyx), a group analogous to the partridge of the old world. Of this bird 

 only four species were lately known ; now there are eleven, four of which 

 were introduced to science by the Zoological Society. A number of indi- 

 viduals, distinguished for rank and science, were balloted for, and elected, 

 Linnean Society/. — ; iVby. 2. At the first Meeting for the present session, 

 A. B. Lambert, Esq., in the chair, a variety of donations, made to the So- 

 ciety during the Recess, were laid on the table : amongst them were Dr. 

 Wallich's PlantcB Asiaticce Rariores; Audubon^s Mrds of, AmeHca, &'c. A 

 paper by John Hogg, Esq. IVI.A., on the classical plants of Sicily, was partly 

 read: we do not. give a,n analysis of it until the reading shall have been 

 finished. Several fellows wei^e elected. The Meeting was numerously 

 attended. Amongst the company was Captain King of the Adventure' It 

 is the mtention of government to extend his survey from Rio de la Plata 

 to Cape Horn. Mr. Burchell, author of Travels in Southern Africa, was also 



C resent. This traveller has recently arrived from the Brazils, where he has 

 een, for a considerable period, makmg collections in natural history. It 

 was his intention to proceed into Peru, but the unsettled state of politics 

 in that country prevented him. ^' ^ 



Nov. 16. There was read a paper by Lieiitenant Bowler, communi- 

 cated by the Asiatic Society, on a particular species of palm found in the 

 government of Madras. The communication was accompanied by beau- 

 tiful illustrative drawings, a hundred years old. This palm was considered 



